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Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics [by Mary E. Fullerton, 1908]

23 February 2024 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This book of poetry by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in 1908.]

Moods and Melodies

Sonnets and Lyrics

Mary E. Fullerton


Contents.

SONNETS —
Echo
Forgiven
The Skull
The Grave
The Mystic
Color. — I.
Color. — II.
The Explorer
Judas
Hagar. — I.
Hagar. — II.
Catastrophe
The Gem
Love’s Exclusiveness. — I.
The Limit. — II.
Experience
Intuition
The Prophet
The Melodists
Eve. — I.
Eve. — II.
Transmigration
The Idiot
The Mask
The Baby
Talent and Genius
The Reformer
The Mendicant
The Hothouse Orchid
The Attributes
Joan of Arc
The Artist
Love’s Conspirators
The Shadow
Sense
Re-Incarnated
The Guests

LYRICS —
When Love Awakes
The Nautilus Shell
Night
From the Star World
Divided
Sorrow and Joy
The Blue Endearment of the Hills
The Rose on the Lattice
Margaret

Melbourne:
Thomas C. Lothian, 226 Little Collins Street
1908

All Rights Reserved
First Impression, April, 1908

NOTE. — Of the Lyrics here printed “The Nautilus Shell” has appeared in the Australasian, the “Blue Endearment of the Hills” in the Book Lover, and “Margaret” in the Bulletin. The remainder of the Lyrics, and the Sonnets, are now published for the first time.

Source:
Mary E. Fullerton, Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics, Melbourne: Thomas C. Lothian, 1908

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